What to upgrade first/worth a upgrade?

[baskev]

Hi,

I am in the process of upgrading my pc this year. I am not looking for specific advice for card/cpu x,y or z. Just more....what is sound logic. Not that into knowing all the info anymore so need some help.

Gpu, i am going to wait for the nvidea 3xxx series. That is because i got a refurbished and instore cheaper credit on my xb1 monitor ( g sync, qwhd). So to replace that because i am going amd gpu is kinda...silly.


Currently have:
motherboard: msi x99s sli plus
CPU: intel i 7 5820k
ram: 8 gb ddr4 ( in 2 strips of 4)
1x ssd 250gb: with windows
1x hd 1tb: for games etc

I am going to bumb up both the hd ( to 2+ tb because running out of space) and ram up to atleast 16gb.
But the question is....i kinda read online that the cpu is still a very capeable . But its also 4 years old. And its a very specific socket. So not that many great motherboards for it. Right now i think i have 1 of the best matches for both of them.

so the question(s):
- Is it worth to replace it?
- or is it just a very small upgrade if i go for a new cpu. Oohhh and i am not willing to pay 500+ for just a cpu like a very heavy i9.


Normally i would ask me old pc shop...but since its been taken over its been kinda....crappy. And in research to new pc shops. Most say if i want the 3xxx to wait. And upgrade the motherboard/cpu. But when i look online i kinda see mixxed advices about that.

[chazus]

First question I'd ask is.. Do you need to upgrade?

Outside of the HDD needing more space, is there anything you do that demands more power?

A Ryzen 3600 + Board will run you about $300, and it performance a good 40% better in single thread (or 100% in multi). But if your current setup doesn't have issues theres really no need to upgrade.

[ONCHEhap]

Honestly,you're good to go for....pretty much anything right now,might as well wait a couple years for more advanced parts to come out

[baskev]

First question I'd ask is.. Do you need to upgrade?

Outside of the HDD needing more space, is there anything you do that demands more power?

A Ryzen 3600 + Board will run you about $300, and it performance a good 40% better in single thread (or 100% in multi). But if your current setup doesn't have issues theres really no need to upgrade.

Nope and yes. Ram and hdd need it a bit. And with some newer high end games my gpu is lacking. And with games like cyberpunk i want to upgrade a bit.
But yeah you 2 have answered my question perfectly.

I wanted to know it before i went to the new shop. Because pretty much all of them say upgrade. But when i look online at everything my cpu is still a beast of a cpu. and my motherboard is pretty much 1 of the best pairings with that cpu.

So thanks for the help

getting some extra ram then and a bigger hd and going to wait for the 3xxx nvidea series

[Laqweeta]

If anything, I'd just slap in 8 more GB of ram and perhaps a 500GB SSD for large titles, like Fallout 4, ESO, RDR2 etc.

[Temp name]

Get another 2 sticks of RAM (as similar to what you have now as possible) and then as much storage as you need. There's no need to upgrade the CPU.